Lot number 1349 - Auction 151
GESCHENK AN EINEN MITARBEITER DES RUSSISCHEN INNENMINISTERIUMS: IKONE MIT DER GOTTESMUTTER VON WLADIMIR MIT SILBER-OKLAD

A PRESENTED GIFT TO AN OFFICIAL OF THE RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR: AN ICON OF THE VLADIMIRSKAYA MOTHER OF GOD WITH SILVER OKLAD Russian, 19th century (icon), St. Petersburg, 1890 (oklad), St. Petersburg, Morozov, late 19th century (plaque) Tempera on wood panel with kovcheg, the haloes gilded, verso with velvet backing. Silver oklad with finely repoussé decoration. Struck with city hallmark, assayer's mark, 84 standard, and master's marks 'I.G.' and 'MOROZOV' in Cyrillic. The reverse with a silver placque with Cyrillic dedicatory inscription: To Grigorii Alexandrovich Kozin in commemoration of his 25 years of service in the Ministry of the Interior, 1869-1894, from P. I. Maslov, S. A. Melikov, I. I. Patrikeev, E. Osokin and other colleagues. Restored. 33.5 x 28.7 cm.